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Wood Street

Downtown Pittsburgh

Peter Lawrence, a new women's retail shop in Downtown Pittsburgh recently opened in the former J.R. Weldin Co. stationery and gift store at 413 Wood Street. Next door at 417 Wood Street is Boutique La Passerelle, another women's retail store that features European fashions. Both buildings are owned by Landmarks Development Corporation, a subsidiary of PHLF, which has restored them to create a women’s retail corridor along Downtown’s Wood Street.

Through The Place

A feature-length documentary that highlights the history, achievements, and impact of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation (PHLF), on Pittsburgh and on preservation in America.

Lending For Historic Preservation

As the lending arm of PHLF, Landmarks Community Capital Corporation (LCCC)—a non-profit subsidiary— advances the cause of preservation by extending loans to projects that facilitate restoration activities in historic neighborhoods throughout the Pittsburgh region.

Among the projects we financed in 2018 was a $104,000 loan to Dan Harris, to renovate the commercial building at 1018 Penn Avenue for retail and studio space. The building is located within the Wilkinsburg Historic District that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in May 2018 through PHLF’s efforts and with community support.

Certified by the United States Department of the Treasury as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), LCC makes sixty percent of its loans in low-to moderate-income neighborhoods to either for-profit or non-profit developers.

Contact Senior Loan Officer, Rob Wagner (rob@phlf.org or 412-471-5808, ext. 538) for more information or if you wish to discuss your project or to apply for a loan.